11 facts about 'malarkey'

Vice President Joe Biden reintroduced “malarkey” to the American public at Thursday’s vice presidential debate against GOP vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan, using it more than once. Here are 11 facts about the word, which means “speech or writing designed to obscure, mislead, or impress.”

In 1997, Good Housekeeping dubbed “Malarky: An Imponderables Bluffing Game” the No. 1 game of the year, according to Amazon. It’s a board game in which someone reads a question with a few answers. Players have to guess which answers are correct and which are malarkey.